Kate Johnson (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Furman dominated the fourth quarter as Tate Walters came to the rescue in a 73-66 victory over Gardner-Webb at Paul Porter Arena on Wednesday evening. Walters only scored two points in a first half marred by three fouls, but the redshirt junior scored 13 of her …
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Smith leads Furman’s slog past S.C. State
PJay Smith (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ South Carolina State was just what the doctor ordered – the doctor being Bob Richey – for Furman on its return to Timmons Arena on Tuesday night. Led by junior PJay Smith’s 20 points, the Paladins returned from a four-game road trip for a 86-78 victory over the Bulldogs. "We've …
Paladins to face one more shot of Chattanooga
By MONTE DUTTON Matt Sochovka collars Mercer quarterback Carter Peevy. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Surely Saturday’s game between Furman and Chattanooga will not be as, uh, nettlesome as the first one. A lot went wrong that turned out to be so right. The Paladins’ 17-14 victory, at Max Finley Stadium on Nov. 4, was the season’s …
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Blazers track Furman’s trail
J.P. Pegues had eight assists. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – UAB slipped free of Furman at the end of both halves, and the rallies made a difference in the Blazers’ 92-86 victory over the Paladins on Saturday night. UAB is one of those schools that requests it be referred to by an initialism, but …
Sometimes it ain’t your day
By MONTE DUTTON Looking at a long day (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Many years ago, I had been at a (then) Busch Series race at (then) Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and my wise colleague Jim McLaurin and I returned to our lodging in time to see the end of the Furman-Appalachian State game on television. That day …
Wyoming inexplicably prospers near the ocean
CONWAY – It takes a crowded weekend to draw attention away from Bob Richey’s Furman basketball team. It takes a bit of shock and awe, the kind that spreads from a stunning football upset at Wofford and the release of seedings for the FCS playoffs. For the second year in a row, the Furman men …
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Furman seeded 7th with home playoff game Dec. 2
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A shocking Saturday loss to Wofford made it a bit more nervous and cost Furman a few seedings, but the Paladins are safely seeded seventh with a first-round bye in the playoffs of the Football Championship Subdivision. (It’s the same reason one should occasionally say the Pledge of Allegiance, just to make …
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Something so right turns out to be so wrong
By MONTE DUTTON Cally Chizik's fifth interception of the season (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Wofford stunned Furman, 19-13, on Saturday. No one knows why. Clay Hendrix doesn’t know. What toll the Terriers took on the Paladin’s post-season prospects remains to be seen. Such upsets happen seldom. Usually they are between rivals. Give Wofford (2-9, 2-6 SoCon) …
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Too much Liberty at the beach
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ CONWAY – Furman’s debut at the Myrtle Beach Invitational turned into a bit of a conflagration. Liberty kept the Paladins comfortably at bay in the second half. Once Furman felt the Flames’ burn, it dutifully took its medicine, 88-74. The Paladins take on host Coastal Carolina on Friday evening at …
Furman to skirt the Coast beginning Thursday
Marcus Foster (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Meanwhile, near the Grand Strand, quite the men’s basketball tournament awaits Bob Richey’s Furman Paladins. Liberty figures to provide stiff opposition for Furman (2-0). The Flames members of Conference USA, opened the season with back-to-back wins, over Charlotte (71-59) tand Mid-Atlantic Christian (103-43), which is also located in Lynchburg, Va. …
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Nightrider's Lament 